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Rev Your Engines for This Quiz The Post and Courier Thursday, May 28, 2020: D7 HEAD2HEADTRIVIA Questions 6. A 1958 Plymouth Fury 1. What type of car was used served as what possessed, killer as the time machine in the car in a 1983 movie that was “Back to the Future” franchise? adapted from a Stephen King 2. Ian Fleming, best known for novel? creating the character James 7. One of the most famous Bond, delved into children’s TV cars of all time is the orange fiction with what 1964 novel Dodge Charger known as The about a magical car? General Lee from “The Dukes 3. What was the name of the of Hazzard.” What country artificially intelligent, crime singer performed a song for fighting car that was “driven” by “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV David Hasselhoff on the 1980’s soundtrack that was sung from TV series “Knight Rider”? the perspective of the car? 4. What famous fictional car 8. What character from the made its debut in a 1969 live- 1960’s racing cartoon “Wacky action Disney movie? In the Races” drove a vehicle known as movie the car is given its now The Compact Pussycat and was world famous name by Buddy referred to as “The Glamour Gal Hackett’s character, who names of the Gas Pedal”? it after his middleweight boxer 9. In what animated 1960’s TV uncle whose nose began to show will you see a high tech look more and more like a Volk- car called The Mach 5? swagen Beetle over the course 10. According to the song, of his fighting career. what car could be “systematic, 5. What specific style of car hydromatic and ultramatic” served as a song title for Bruce with some new additions like Springsteen and Natalie Cole, “fuel injection cut-offs and an album title for John Prine chrome plated rods” as well NBC/PROVIDED and a movie title for Clint East- as “some purple pitched tail David Hasselhoff stars with a talking car in the 1980s TV series “Knight Rider.” wood and Bernadette Peters? lights and 30-inchName: fins”? 1t 2g r e a s e Rev your engines for this quiz x 3t o 4t o 5h e n r y h i l l h BY ALEX PEEPLES amazing journeys, thrilling chases and comi- d e Special to The Post and Courier cal mishaps. 6h o l y g r a i l s So for this week’s trivia we have a quiz i 7t h o r rive-in movies have made a comeback all about famous cars in movies and v 8f i during the age of social distancing. television. 9t h e s h i n i n g D Outside of drive-ins, cars have always In our Head2Head matchup, longstanding r d g played a major role in film and television. champ John Bryan will face music blogger d They are the vessels in which we witness Meggie Hulsey. l 1b0 1e1 1r2 1m3 i c h a e l l 1c4 1d5 l i John’s responses Meggie’s responses d a 1r6 l 1j7 a m e s d e a n 1. The DeLorean. 1. McLaren. e c o u m v g 2. “Chitty-Chitty-Bang- 2. “Herbie the Lovebug.” 1t8 e 1k9 e y s e r s o z e 2y0 i e w Bang.” 3. KITT. i d k a 2g1 o l l u m n a 3. KITT. 4. “Chitty-Chitty-Bang- 2t2 h e l m a a n d l o u i s 2e3 d o l 4. Herbie. Bang.” a e i e x 2h4 e a t o d 5. “Pink Cadillac.” 5. Black Cadillac. n g p r 6. Christine. 6. Christine. i h 2r5 e e s e s p i e c e s 7. Waylon Jennings. 7. Johnny Cash. c t c 8. Penelope Grand Prix. 8. Josie. 26 9. “Speed Racer.” 9. Pass. s t e p h e n k i n g 10. Greased Lightning. 10. “Mustang Sally.” o 2c7 a r p e d i e m Answer key from a Conclusion Correct answers crossword puzzle, t John floored it this week and Page D6 2r8 o s e b u d came in first yet again with an 1. DMC DeLorean. 5. “Pink Cadillac.” o impressive 8 correct answers! That 2. “Chitty-Chitty- 6. Christine. 2p9 o n y b o y gives him an astounding 12-week Bang-Bang: The Magical 7. Johnny Cash. u run of Head2Head Trivia domi- Car.” 8. Penelope Pitstop. 3j0 a m e s nance. He will be back again for 3. KITT. 9. “Speed Racer.” next week’s quiz. 4. Herbie. 10. Greased Lightning. Created using the Crossword Maker on TheTeachersCorner.net.
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